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Definitions

down the tubes

ADJECTIVE
down the drain
Synonyms
WEAK
all gone by the board done for finished kaput lost to pfft
ADJECTIVE
kaput
Synonyms
WEAK
all washed up belly up burned out cooked dead destroyed done for down and out down for the count down the drain finished floored had it nonfunctioning on the skids out of business out of circulation sunk totaled washed up wiped-out

Example Sentences

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"From that point on I have always had a soft spot for them, but I started focusing on them more and more as Scottish football started to go down the tubes a little bit."

From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024

And this is when New York was having all this financial trouble, and it was gonna go down the tubes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2023

“It’s when people can’t hear any other stories that things go down the tubes very fast.”

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2022

Not only has the artwork of the “Mark Trail” comic strip gone down the tubes, but so has the content.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2021

Another sign that civilization was going straight down the tubes.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.